Laurie Holden

Was born at 17 December 1969 (now is 49 years old) in Los Angeles, California, USA

Laurie Holden was born Heather Laurie Holden in Los Angeles, California,to actors 'Glenn Corbett (II)' and 'Adrienne Ellis (I)' . Whenshe was five, her parents divorced, and her mother married director'Michael Anderson (I)' . Laurie then split her time between L. A.

and Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Holden traveled the world with her family on various locations growingup, and got her first break as 'Rock Hudson (I)' 's daughter in'Ray Bradbury' 's "The Martian Chronicles" (1980) . The youngactress who was cast to play Hudson's daughter suddenly fell throughand, at the age of nine, Laurie was thrown in to take over. Not bad forher first acting job. As a teenager, she won the "Look of the Year" modeling pageant inToronto.

An avid academic, Holden initially looked at acting as a hobbyand had plans to pursue a career in investment banking. She attendedMcGill University, where she studied economics, but made an unexpectedswitch to theater at the end of her freshman year. She transferred toUCLA and completed her BA in theater arts in 1993. Laurie studiedacting under the late 'Robert Reed (I)' (of "The Brady Bunch" (1969) fame). A dual citizen of Canada and the U.

S. , Holden's career got off to thekind of start most actors can only dream of. Upon graduating from UCLA,Holden was accepted as part of the National Honor Society and receivedthe "'Natalie Wood (I)' Award" for Best Actress. She went on tostudy the classics at The Webber Douglas Academy of Art and honed hercraft under the tutelage of 'Larry Moss (I)' at The Larry MossActing Studio. It was while performing on stage in "Cat On a Hot TinRoof", that Holden was discovered by 'Frank Darabont' ( The Shawshank Redemption (1994) , The Green Mile (1999) ),who thought she was perfect for the lead in his Capra-esque drama, The Majestic (2001) .

Laurie's captivating feature film debut,starring as 'Jim Carrey' 's long lost love in the film, was metwith critical acclaim by the New York Times and film critics around theworld. Holden has created an arsenal of memorable characters in film,theater and television since she began her career as a child. Since then, she has worked steadily in original films for HBO andShowtime and co-starred with 'Vanessa Redgrave' in the TNTminiseries, Young Catherine (1991) (TV) . She gained notorietyplaying "Marita Covarrubias", the U. N.

informant to Fox Mulder, on thelong-running hit, "The X Files" (1993) , and starred as the onlyfemale lead, opposite 'Michael Biehn' , in the remake of the MGMclassic, "The Magnificent Seven" (1998) , for CBS. Her episodicwork on television is vast and includes a comedic turn in thecritically-acclaimed, "Due South" (1994) , for which she wasnominated for a Gemini Award (a Canadian Emmy). Her memorable roles insuch hits as Fantastic Four (2005/I) (where she played'Michael Chiklis' ' love interest) and the cult hero "Cybil Bennet"in 'Christophe Gans' ' artistic-horror video game adaptation of Silent Hill (2006) have made her a bit of a pop culture favoritewith audiences of all ages. Holden recently starred "on the good sideof the aisle" opposite 'Thomas Jane' and 'Marcia Gay Harden' in the 'Stephen King (I)' /'Frank Darabont' film, The Mist (2007) . Named as one of the top 100 Most Creative People in Hollywood inEntertainment Weekly's "It List" and "One of Ten Actors to Watch" byVariety, Holden is actively producing film, theater and televisionprojects, in addition to her acting pursuits.

The image of Heather Laurie Holden was on the covers of these magazines:

"Wine X" (USA), April 1999, Vol. 3.3

There is the list of some quotes of Laurie Holden:

I don't want my tombstone to say actress. I want it to say human being.

I feel defensive about my character because I really love Andrea, and we share the same heart.

I am a tomboy and I love being with the boys and shooting guns and stuff.

I really, really, really want to do a silly romantic comedy where I can just have a crush on the guy, trip over myself, and laugh and be goofy. I just feel like all I do is cry, sob, and fight zombies and the bad guys.

It's a really dark, emotionally wrenching world that we've created on 'The Walking Dead.'

When forced to survive in an apocalyptic world, there are some characters that embrace their higher selves with some emerging as natural born leaders, and others succumb to their more base and primal selves and basically transform into savages. It's really a fascinating character study in the exploration of the human psyche.

I'm just attracted to good material and great characters and that can come in any form, whether it's television or film or a theatre piece.

I'm a bit of a scaredy cat. Personally, I don't like to be kept up at night.

I think women are amazing and women's friendships are like a sisterhood and we should see more of it in television and film.

I love my 'Walking Dead' family. This is the best job I ever had.

I love ghost stories but I can't really watch them, especially not by myself because then I can't sleep.

It's a fun thing to do: Go to a shooting range with a buddy, knock off a few rounds, release stress.

I've never been a fan of sociopaths who have no conscience. That scares me because they're capable of anything.

I've had a quite a few nightmares about being chased by walkers.

I'm not interested in playing the victim. I like stories about survivors.

I'm not a runner. I do not like running. I love to swim. I love to surf. I do not like to run.

The beauty of 'The Walking Dead' and the beauty of being on a television show for a while, is that, it's your backstory, it's part of what you are, it's what you carry with you every day.

I think there's a collective consciousness around the world that there are things beyond our control that have the power to annihilate us, as a species, and it's all rather frightening.

Driving through much of the southern part of the U.S. reminds me of where I grew up in Canada. The trees, homes, sense of community... I love the South.

Well, people fall in love with the wrong guy all the time, it doesn't make them bad people.

It's a little daunting to know you're going to take off your clothes and 16 million people are going to see it. It's not a normal day at the office.

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Holden, Laurie in movies: Knights of Impossingworth Park , Monsters Among Us: The Creature FX of The Mist , Separate Vacations , Silent hill: entre deux mondes , Thats Awesome! The Story of Dumb and Dumber To , The Walking Dead: Cast and Creators Live at Paleyfest , Father Dowling Mysteries , The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson , The Meredith Vieira Show , Alibi , Baileys Billion$ , Dead Mans Gun , Desmontando the Walking Dead , Dumb and Dumber To , Echo , Expect No Mercy , Inside the Walking Dead: Walker University , Inside the X Files , Meet Market , Nightmare Factory , Past Perfect , Path of Darkness: Making Silent Hill , Physical Evidence , Silent Hill , TekWar: TekLab , The 25th Annual Peoples Choice Awards , The Abolitionists , The Majestic , The Man Who Used to Be Me , The Mist , The Pathfinder , The X Files: Resist or Serve , When Darkness Came: The Making of The Mist , Young Catherine , Big Sound , Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future , Chicago Fire , Destiny Ridge , Due South , Family Passions